If by the end of the New Year holidays you are drawn to the beautiful, you do not have to get up from the couch
Painters often change their artwork as they work. It so happens that the initial idea is very different from the final result
Today, art critics argue that no one can establish the identity of this lady, since Kramskoy did not leave any information about her. We do not understand at all such a formulation of the question
On March 2, 1883, the 11th exhibition of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions opened in the building of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. The painting "Unknown" by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy became a sensation. Visitors unsuccessfully tried to guess the name of the lady captured by the master. The leader of the Wanderers answered all modest and not very modest questions evasively, which only provoked the public, greedy for scandals
Many people know that works of art
December 14 - International Day of the Monkeys - we talk about a fun and instructive genre of European painting called sengerie
Have you ever been to Japan? For example, in this large, intensively developing city, where skyscrapers grow like mushrooms after rain? Welcome to Hiroshima. “What is Hiroshima?” You ask, “After all, Hiroshima is…” Well, okay. Here is another Japanese city - Nagasaki. How do you like it? Yes, and Nagasaki too … … Maybe the modern inhabitants of these cities were deliberately misled, and they do not know anything about the danger?
Is it really not long to wait for atomic batteries? For the first time in their history, Russian nuclear scientists have used gas centrifuges to enrich the radioactive isotope nickel-63, which can be used to create so-called "nuclear batteries", the press service of TVEL Fuel Company reports
Nuclear microbattery, the world's first "wave" power plant and a submarine. We will now tell you more about these three unusual developments
1. Men see colors differently than women. Because of the two X chromosomes, the gamut of colors that women see is wider. Therefore, women in conversation operate with shades, and men talk about fundamental colors. 2. Men have better tunnel vision. In women, peripheral
Men marching like a couple holding hands are not uncommon for Nepal. This fact causes bewilderment, and even a smile on the faces of tourists arriving in the country. But what caused this behavior?
Men live less than women for a variety of reasons, including biological and social. But there is another important detail - male recklessness
Molotov cocktails have always been a coercive, yet surprisingly effective measure against enemy armored vehicles. For the first time, "cocktails" were used at the beginning of the 20th century. Since then, the "bottle" has taken root as a sure weapon of soldiers, partisans, revolutionaries, rebels and terrorists. Let's find out how it all began
We are used to thinking that the main megaliths of the planet are concentrated in Egypt, South America, and China. Our dolmens, which are conventionally ranked as megalithic structures, look like dwarfs against the background of pyramids and "great walls"
Global warming seems to be something distant and unreal: it is still cold in winter, and last year's snow collapse paralyzed half of Europe. But climatologists insist: if the situation is not reversed, 2040 will be the point of no return. How will the face of the Earth change by that time?
December (from lat.decem - ten ) - twelfth month our calendar. How tenth month became twelfth - the whole story! And as always - a fake story! What was 10 months earlier on the calendar is fact … That it was , says the name of the month itself - December , What means "
Not many people know that all life on Earth is under the continuous influence of standing electromagnetic waves of low and ultra-low frequencies between the Earth's surface and the ionosphere. These are the natural electromagnetic frequencies of the planet Earth. One of them, the main one, is equal on average to 7.8 hertz
Twisting the magnetic field has failed yet. Many options have been tested, but the result is zero. We will definitely come back to this. I should think
At the end of the 19th century, the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park hosted a world industrial exhibition, where all the advanced technologies were presented. A special feature of the exhibition was wireless electricity generation
Mankind has been developing weapons for many centuries. And the more technology developed, the more powerful and dangerous it became. Therefore, it is not surprising that today we already have a whole arsenal of weapons that can rightfully be called deadly
In 2016, the first child of three parents was born in Mexico: his mother's mitochondrial DNA was replaced with a donor one so that a serious hereditary disease would not be passed on to the child. Using CRISPR, you can edit the genome of an unborn child and cut out harmful mutations from it - a scheme already tested in the case of cardiomyopathy. Women may not have to give birth soon: the baby can be carried in an artificial uterus
To believe in devils, demons, witches, or not to believe? And how can you find out if they really exist or not? Once I heard interesting information about this
Probably, there is no such person who would not have heard of SHAOLIN … only everyone will have their own associations - some people think of pictures from films about martial arts, "flying" monks, some have the best achievements of alternative medicine, and someone will simply remember the Buddhist monastery famed for its history and architecture in the center of China. There are indeed many legends, secrets and mysteries
For several hundred years in a row, mankind has wanted to make life as easy as possible by shifting the implementation of complex tasks onto the shoulders of robots. And we are very good at this, because today anyone can buy a robot vacuum cleaner for not so much money and forget about cleaning the floors
We spend 1-2 hours in the kitchen every day. Someone less, someone more. That being said, we rarely think about physical phenomena when we cook breakfast, lunch or dinner. But there can be no greater concentration of them in everyday conditions than in the kitchen, in the apartment. A good opportunity to explain physics to children
This post is intended to tell everyone why the blockchain was invented, how cryptocurrencies work and why it is the most beautiful system in recent years from the point of view of logic. I will immediately warn you that under the cut there is a HUGE sheet of text and if you are not ready to "close" the question on the topic of cryptocurrencies once and for all, add an entry to your favorites right now and reserve time)
A team of Russian cavers compiled the first atlas of caves in Russia. It contains detailed information about 176 of the most interesting caves, one of the compilers of the publication, a leading researcher at Moscow State University, Alexander Gusev, said in an interview with RT
In the minds of the majority, Antarctica is an uninhabited continent, where there is nothing but animals, a huge amount of ice and snow, and a few scientific stations with seconded employees. In fact, Antarctica is much more complex than it might seem at first glance
For many years, people have been talking about some pyramids located on the territory of Antarctica. In shape, these pyramids supposedly resemble Egyptian ones and, according to some researchers, they represent evidence of the existence of protocivilizations. What ice build-ups can actually be, the RT correspondent figured out
Independent researchers using the Google Earth service are looking for many interesting things on our planet that had previously escaped the attention of scientists, for example, underwater pyramids, geoglyphs hidden under the sands of the Egyptian deserts, like the famous drawings of the Nazca mountain plate, and much more
Perhaps no other prison in the world can boast of such popularity as the "Rock" located in the state of California: films about it were shot, and a series, and documentaries. Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood were in this prison. True, not for crimes, but for a decent fee
North Indian Payutes in Nevada
Back in 2017, the Nobel Prize in Physiology was awarded to scientists who studied the so-called "circadian rhythms" - the human biological clock that controls the work of almost every system in our body. Today we will tell you about what these mysterious biorhythms are and how a person can normalize his sleep without resorting to pills
You spend a third of your life asleep, much of which is dreaming. But more often than not, you don't remember any of your dreams. And even on those happy days when you wake up with the memory of a dream, there is every chance that in a minute or two everything will disappear. But forgetting dreams is okay. Damn it, why ?
Specialists of the American Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in Buffalo have been observing patients for 10 years and made a rather intriguing discovery: it turns out that shortly before death, people begin to have the same dreams
How pleasant it is to lie down in your soft and cozy bed after a hard day. Cover yourself with a blanket, invigorate the pillow and sleep peacefully. The working day ends at this moment, but another life is just beginning
In the American city of Ashland, Ogaya State, Ron Whitehall attacked his wife in a dream. It seemed to the man that he was protecting himself from the snake, but in reality he was strangling his wife. The behavior resulted in a sleep disorder. According to statistics, up to 7% of the world's people suffer from sleepwalking, however, this is inaccurate data. After all, if a person sleeps alone, then no one sees his seizures
The thickening darkness that fell on the chest, the echoing steps in an empty house, a sudden touch, a mystical sensation of someone else's hostile presence - these are hallucinations that occur when falling asleep or waking up. This is not a nightmare - people are aware of where they are, see familiar furniture and know for sure that their eyes are open. A frequent companion of such visions is sleep paralysis, a condition in which it is impossible to move even a finger
The article is devoted to the work of circadian rhythms - endogenous biological rhythms with a period of about 24 hours, characteristic of most organisms, including humans. This is an overview of the latest scientific research, not a collection of helpful tips, even though the article does talk about a potential lifestyle change. This review is not exhaustive, we will continue to update it as new research studies emerge
Have you ever been on the verge of reality and sleep, like waking up, but without the ability to move? If so, then you are one of the “lucky ones” to have experienced sleep paralysis, one of the most unpleasant sleep disorders. You may be familiar with its other side effects